Combined carpet fastener and binder



, Sept. 30, 1952 T. JAASUND COMBINED CARPET FASTENER AND BINDER Filed Nov. 15, 1950 W W i WWII/I Jwa!myawmuwyMy!!!Mamaawauwwwwuaua. 2.1 t, 11

' INVENTOR. Tor'liel fiasund Patented Sept. 30, 1952 2,611,918 UNITED STATES PATENT YOFFI-CE,

r 2,611,918 I CGMBINEDGARIPET rss'reusa AND-BINDER? Terkel; Jaasund, Brooklyn,. N. 2., assignor. to General. Carpet Supply Co. I'nc.,. New York, N; Y.,, a corporation of NeWYork Application November 15, 1950;,Serihlihlm195t881 I 5 Claims.

1 a This. invention: relates to. new and improved means for fastening and binding carpets and has particular: reference to a simple-andefiicient means whereby carpets can be. accurately laid on. the floor of a room without the use of tacks, and without the need of having the edges there.- of especially bound. An object of the invention is to provide a simple and eificient device whereby the carpet can be easily and accurately laid on the floor, preferably over a liner to have its edges securely gripped along their length and then so manipulated as to stretch the carpet taut over the liner without the use of tacks.

.A further object is to providea simple and efficient device whereby the liner can beac curately disposed on the floor and held in position beneath the. carpet without any danger of its. moving with respect thereto.

Further and more specific objects, features and advantages will more clearly appear from a consideration of the detailed. specification hereinafter set forth, especially when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a present preferred form which. the invention mayassume, andwhich form part of the specification.

In brief and general terms, the invention-includes a boundary strip, adapted tov be nailed on the floor with one edge spaced. at predetermined distance from. the wall board, and the other edge adapted to lie in abutment. with the outer periphery of a carpet liner. Preferably, the depth of the boundary strip 'is' substantially equal tothe depth of the liner so that their top edges lie in thesame plane.

The boundary strip has associated; with its top surface, a carpet-edge gripping. element which may be a series. of separate elements, or a single elongate gripping element preferably U-shaped with the ends thereof extending toward the edge of a carpet to be engaged thereby and having carpet-gripping teeth on their inner edges. This series of gripping elements, or the-singlegripping element, is preferably supported above the surface of the boundary strip by a series. of flexible connecting. members in the form of spaced strips.

The gripping element is preferably disposed and supported above and along the edge of the boundary strip nearest the wall, and 'after' the ends. of the: gripper element have engaged the edge of the carpet, repeated impacts of a tool downwardly thereon will cause it to be bent downwardly and backwardly against the adjacent wall or baseboard to assume a reversed position in the shallow recess formed between the baseboard and the boundary strip. This bending movement is permitted by reason of the flexibility of the connecting strips which support the gripping element above the boundary strip. As the gripping element is thus bent backward-1y and its position reversed, the tendency of this movement will be to stretch the carpet taut over the top ofthe liner and the top of the. boundary I strip. shown fastened to the floor, and in rela tion. tothe wallv of the room ready to receive and; bind. the. edge: of. the carpet;

Fig. 2 is a partial plan view of the blank from which the strip is formed; r

Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the boundary strip in position with the. edge of the. carpet related to the gripper means;

Fig. 4 isa similarv-iew showing the carpet engaged by the gripper means and the manner in which said meansisbent over. backward to lie in the recess betweenthe boundary strip. and the wall of the room; and,v

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the-parts in their ultimate position.

Referring nowmerely to the specific construction of the device shown. invthe. drawings, which represents merely one form which it may 7 assume, it will be seen that I provide, a simple and efficient. device in the form of a boundary strip which is fastened tov the floor of a room, spaced a'definite distance from the baseboard thereof, and indefinite relation to a carpet lining which isdisposedon the floor, .and over which .the carpet. is-tobeplaced.

In the preferred form, this boundary strip is shown as a U-shapedmetal plate l0 having dependent legs II and 12 which hold its top surface a definite distance above the floor 1'3 ofv the room. This distance is preferably substantially equal tothe thickness of the carpetliner [4 so that the top of the liner is flush with the top of the boundary strip I 0. This boundary strip may be fastened to the floor by any. suitable means. such as nails l5. This strip is of a length atleast equal to the length of the edge of. the liner which disposed in abutment therewith, andLthe strip is also. disposed a predetermined distance away from the baseboard Hi of the room in order to. provide a recess between the strip and. the :baseboardto be used as and for the purposes subsequently set. forth. It is of course understood that a similar boundary strip is related to each of the four edges of the lining, especially where those edges. are. disposed along andin relation to a wall or baseboard of the room.

The boundary strip Ill has. associated therewith a g pperclement which, in the form shown, takes the form of an elongate U-shaped member I? which is disposed with its limbs in open spaced horizontal direction facing toward the edge of the carpet to be received therebetween. Theends of the limbs ofthis gripper element ll are provided with teeth l8 and I9 projecting therefrom toward each other. This gripper element ll is supported, inthe form shown, above the top of edge has been gripped whereby the carpet is fastened and stretched taut over the boundarystrip.

2. A combined carpet fastener and binder which comprises an elongate boundary strip adapted to be disposed with one edge spaced a predetermined distance from and parallel to a wallboard, an elongate U-shaped toothed grippressed against the edge of a carpet inserted therein. The use of such a tool is shown in Fig. 3 in which the tool 23 is indicated in dotted lines. The end of this tool is related to the openings 22 and the top limb of the gripper element so that as the tool is hammered, the upper limb is forced down toward the lower limb of the gripper element to firmly engage the teeth of the gripper element with the edge of a caipet 2t which-has been inserted therein. 5

In'Fig. 3 I have shown the'carpet inone position thereof in dottediines 'to show that-when it is laid on top of the liner, itso'uter edge rests on top or" the gripper element and abuts the baseboard it. In operation, the edge is drawn back and then inserted between the jaws of the gripper element and clamped therein. After'the edge of the carpet has been firmlyblampe'd, the'gripper element is further subjected to blows oi the tool to cause it to be bent backward around the flexible supporting strips 29. its this occurs, the gripper element will'be forced against the baseboard and will automatically be "bent around into a reverse position as shown'in Fig. 4, and with the further impact of reriatedblowswillessume the ultimate position wliereit is completely reversed and lying flat within the recess formed between the boundary strip and the baseboard. It will thus be seenfthat thefirst operation relates-to the gripp ng of the carpet edge, and that further manipulations due to impacting blows will cause the gripper-element to be bent down and turned completely around. The effect of this will be to very firmlygrip the carpet edge and also to pull it taut along the entire edge of the carpet engaged by the grip-per means so that the carpet as shown in'Fig. 5 isdrawn taut and flat across the top cf the liner and the top of the boundary strip. I This simple and eflicient means permits the liner, and subsequently the carpet, tobe very accurately disposed in position and to be very properly related to each other and to be held in firm, taut position without having to use taclrs or other similar devices. v v

While the invention has been described in detail and shown with respect to the accompanying rawings, it is not to be limited to such details, since many changes and modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence, is desired to cover any and all forms and modifications of the invention which may come within the la guage and scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A combined carpet fastener and binder the gripping element and its flexible'supporting means may be reversely bent after the carpet ping element disposed'above said boundary strip with its spaced limbs facing away from said wallboard and a flexible connection supporting said gripping element above the top of the boundary strip.

3. A combined carpet fastener and binder which comprises an elongate boundary strip adapted to be disposed with one edge spaced a predetermined distance from and parallel to a wallboardan elongate U-shaped toothed gripping element disposed above said boundary strip with its spaced limbs facin away from said wallboard and a flexible connection supporting said gripping element above the top of the boundary strip, said flexible connection consisting of a series or flexible strips extending from the rear edge of said boundary strip upwardly to the forwardedge of the'lower limb of the gripping eleinent.

l. A combined carpet fastener and binder which comprises an' elongate boundary strip adapted to be disposed with one edge spaced a predetermined distance from and parallel to a wallboard, an elongate U-shaped toothed gripping element disposed above said boundary strip with its spaced limbs facing away from said wallboard and a flexible connection supporting said gripping element above the top of the boundary strip, said flexible connection consisting of a series of flexible strips extending from the rear edge of said boundary strip upwardly to the forward edge of the lower limb of the gripping element, the free edges of the limbs of the gripping element having spaced teeth extending toward each other.

5. A combined carpet fastener and binder which comprises a U-shaped metal boundary adapted to be nailed on the floor parallel to and a predetermined distance from a wallboard, the height of said boundary strip being substantially the same as the thickness of a liner to be dis posed thereagainst, an elongate U-shaped toothed gripping element supported above the boundary strip to engage the edge of a carpet and a series of flexible connecting strips extending upwardly from the edge of the boundary strip which is to be positioned nearest the wallboard, and connected to the end of the lower limb of the U- shaped gripping element, whereby after the gripping element has been manipulated to engagethe edge of the carpet, repeated impacts thereon will cause it to bend downwardly and backwardly with the flexible connecting strips to be reversely positioned against the floor in the recess formed between the floorboard and the adjacent side of the boundary strip.

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